Book Review: Space Ace
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
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Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee-Options and Decisions on Human Exploration Discussion August 5, 2009. These are Augustine Panel member Ed Crawley’s Powerpoint...
Next Step or No Step by Paul D. Spudis Mars First advocates worry about getting “stuck on the Moon.” In fact, it is their obsession...
Elements of a 21st century space policy by Peter Garretson in The Space Review. 5) Establish a lead agency—preferably ARPA-E—with a clear mandate and initial...
Econominst.com is sponsoring a debate on the question of whether we should return to the Moon, Returning to the moon- This house believes that NASA...
In MISSING THE MARK By Marcia S. Smith July 23, 2009 SpacePolicyOnline.com. Ms. Smith wrote “Alternatively, if President Obama does not care enough about the...
In MISSING THE MARK By Marcia S. Smith July 23, 2009 SpacePolicyOnline.com. Ms. Smith wrote- NASA has spent the last 40 years doing what it...
Time to Boldly Go Once More By Buzz Aldrin, Thursday, July 16, 2009, washingtonpost.com Instead, I propose a new Unified Space Vision, a plan to...
PROVIDE YOUR INPUT TO THE AUGUSTINE COMMISSION This spring, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy asked NASA to launch a commission tasked...
Join the discussion on Human Space Flight. NASA is facing a once-in-a-generation decision about the future of human space flight. We encourage friends of the...
NewSpace Nation: Americas Emerging Entrepreneurial Space Industry “Jeff Krukin has written a much needed and practical introduction to the evolving entrepreneurial space industry. Drawing on...
Review Panel Hears Rival Plans for New Spaceflights In dueling PowerPoint presentations before the 10-member panel, appointed by the Obama administration in April, NASA officials...
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